No more adjournments on plea by accused: court trying 2G case

The court's remark came in wake of recent adjournments of the proceedings on pleas by Raja and others in the case as they were not ready to cross-examine various witnesses after depositions by them.

The court had yesterday also taken strong exception to Raja's refusal to cross examine a CBI witness and had asked all the accused not to "create unfriendly conditions" in the court.

"You all (accused) note down this that I will not defer or adjourn the matter on anybody's request. If any accused is not prepared or ready to cross-examine the witness, then the other one should be ready on that day," Special CBI Judge O P Saini said.

During the hearing, the court asked Raja whether he would start cross-examining key CBI witness A K Srivastava, a former deputy director general in the Department of Telecom (DoT) from September 10, the date fixed by it after the DMK MP had sought time to commence Srivastava's cross-examination.

Raja answered in affirmative saying he would be ready for the cross-examination from September 10.

The judge was annoyed yesterday also when Raja pleaded that the proceedings be deferred as he does not want to cross examine prosecution witness and erstwhile DoT Member (services) G S Grover at this stage. (More)